USC shaken by shooting deaths of two students

Shannon Cheng, center, and Nan Lin, right, mourn at a candlelight vigil Wednesday night. On Wednesday morning, two students were shot to death about a mile from campus.

Shannon Cheng, center, and Nan Lin, right, mourn at a candlelight vigil Wednesday night. On Wednesday morning, two students were shot to death about a mile from campus. (Arkasha Stevenson / Los Angeles Times)

Mingxin Liu, also an electrical engineering graduate student at USC, visits the scene in the 2717 block of Raymond Avenue where two fellow graduate students were fatally shot.

Mingxin Liu, also an electrical engineering graduate student at USC, visits the scene in the 2717 block of Raymond Avenue where two fellow graduate students were fatally shot. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Police said both victims in Wednesday's early morning shooting were graduate students from China studying electrical engineering. Los Angeles authorities were working with school officials and the Chinese consulate to notify their families.